Re: sky2 PHY setup

[Rob Sims]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 02:16:48PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:36:45 -0600
> Rob Sims <lkml-z@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Are there some debug hooks that can be activated?  My sky2 stops
> > responding (very light load) about twice a day.  The netdev watchdog
> > notices after a while and is able to reactivate the interface:

> > Mar 15 13:28:12 btd kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> > Mar 15 13:28:12 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: tx timeout
> > Mar 15 13:28:12 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: transmit ring 458 .. 435 report=458 done=458
> > Mar 15 13:28:12 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: disabling interface
> > Mar 15 13:28:12 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: enabling interface
> > Mar 15 13:28:12 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: ram buffer 48K
> > Mar 15 13:28:15 btd kernel: sky2 eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
> 
> Use ethtool -S to if there are any pause frames, etc. See if frames are
> still making it into PHY statistics but not being received.
> 
> Use ethtool -d to dump registers. Need current version of ethtool with decode logic.
> 
> Then look for things like is Ram buffer read/write pointer changing?
> 
> Is GMAC stuck in pause:
> 
> Normal is:
> 	GMAC 1
> 	Status                       0x5010  (see GM_GPSR_XXX in sky2.h)
> 	Control                      0x1800
> 
> Stuck is
> 	GMAC 1
> 	Status			     0x5810 (or 0x5A10)

First, here's the described hang in action, on the Core2 Duo on a 1Gb
hub:
GMAC 1 Status/Control remains at 0x5010/0x1800 until module is removed.
Read/write buffer pointers are changing.  Full ethtool output in
http://www.robsims.com/sky2.netmon.log.gz

This machine was also having major throughput problems - 17 kB/s.
Rebooting brought it to ~ 20 MB/s.  Booting into a kernel with the
proprietary sk98lin kernel module showed ~ 80MB/s.  Finally, returning
to sky2 gave 117 MB/s.  Tests run using netcat, dd, /dev/zero, and
/dev/null, transmitting from the problem box to an e1000 via a Netgear
GS108.  No hangs were observed during the "load test."

I also had a hang on a Pentium 4 w/sky2, 100Mb/s hub.  I neglected to
try removing and re-inserting the module before rebooting.
GMAC 1
Status                       0xF004
Control                      0x1800

RAMbuffer pointers not moving, Read buffer Read pointer != Write pointer.
http://www.robsims.com/sky2.ethtooldumps.tgz

Thanks for looking at this.
-- 
Rob

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